Vada pav is not just food it’s an emotion! It bring backs all my memories of vibrant Mumbai city which was my home for 7 years before coming to Bangkok.

It’s a staple street food for lots of Mumbaikars from ages now. It’s simply a potato fritter closed in bread roll served with mint chutney and sweet chutney.

To simplify the process, we can break it down in few steps: step 1 is to make potatoes masala for making vada ( potato fritters). Second step would be making besan ( gram flour) batter and make vadas. Step 3 and step 4 would be making green chutney and sweet chutney respectively. Step 5 is just putting all this together.

I’ll be covering step 1 and 2 here. For recipes of green chutney and sweet chutney, click on respective links.

RECIPE:

INGREDIENTS:

POTATO MASALA FILLING:

Potatoes: 500gms

Onions (finely chopped): 1

Green chilli (finely chopped): 3

Mustard seeds: 1tsp

Cumin seeds: 1tsp

Curry leaves: 4-5

Asefoetida: a pinch

Salt, red chili powder: to taste turmeric powder: a pinch

Amchur powder: 1tsp

BESAN BATTER:

Besan (gram flour): 2 cups

Salt: 1/2 tsp

Baking soda: a pinch

Oil: for frying

METHOD:

Wash the potatoes, cut in half and put them to boil. You can use pressure cooker or boil them pan.